Sat. 8/10 - KC Hunt's AA Debut, a Huge DSL Twinbill, and More

[Jim Goulart]

Thread will be utilized for any minor league news Saturday. 

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[Joseph Zarr]

 

[wiguy94]

Oh wow I just noticed DSL Brewers 1 have a double header today against the pesky division leading DSL Orioles Orange. Getting a sweep here would be massive.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

Oh wow I just noticed DSL Brewers 1 have a double header today against the pesky division leading DSL Orioles Orange. Getting a sweep here would be massive.

Yup. I've been eyeing this Saturday for a few weeks. LOL. This is as big as it gets for their season.

[wiguy94]

DSL Brewers 2 transfer Johan Zapata with an extremely rough outing in the middle innings of this 7 inning game. 2.1 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 HBP...DSL Brewers 1 are imploding here in the bottom of the 5th. Entered the half inning up 5-3 and it's now 5-9 with 0 outs.

[Joseph Zarr]

AND, they're going to have to come back in Game 1. The pitching staff just gave up a 4-spot to lose the lead. They trail 7-5 right now in the...scratch that. This inning is a disaster. 9-5 - two consecutive WP's from RHP Jhosep Ospino. He follows with a walk. Nobody out. Two throwing errors in the inning as well. Ugh. Tough sledding in the bottom of the 5th.

[Jim Goulart]

3 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Oh wow I just noticed DSL Brewers 1 have a double header today against the pesky division leading DSL Orioles Orange. Getting a sweep here would be massive.

Glances at the tail end of this AM’s Link Report 😉

[wiguy94]

2 minutes ago, Joseph Zarr said:

AND, they're going to have to come back in Game 1. The pitching staff just gave up a 4-spot to lose the lead. They trail 7-5 right now in the...scratch that. This inning is a disaster. 9-5 - two consecutive WP's from RHP Jhosep Ospino. He follows with a walk. Nobody out. Two throwing errors in the inning as well. Ugh. Tough sledding in the bottom of the 5th.

6 BB and 4 HBP from the Brewers pitching staff in the first 5 innings...just can't have that.

[Joseph Zarr]

Meanwhile, the DSL Crew #2 lead 4-2 in the bottom of the 7th and a OF Frandy Lafond 3-run jack has done the majority of the damage (his third of his season). 

[Joseph Zarr]

You have to absolutely love the DSL Cerveceros Dos (24-21) performance this morning. They see a handful of their most consistent performers leave for the DSL Cerveceros Uno clubhouse. They do not blink. 7-3 lead in the final frame vs the DSL Royals Ventura (26-20). Heck of a performance. Noted.

[wiguy94]

Devastating 0-2 day for DSL Brewers 1. Could have ended the day with 0.5 game lead. Instead end the day 3.5 games back which might be a dagger in the race for the division.

[Ro Mueller]

Carolina has a doubleheader at Fredericksburg today, trailing 2-1 in the series. 22-year old RHP Josh Timmerman (3.78 ERA in 50 IP) starts the opening game, having thrown 4 hitless innings last week. 18-year old 3B Eric Bitonti has 5 homers in 40 Low-A PAs. 

[Ro Mueller]

24-year old RHP KC Hunt (1.95 ERA in 69.1 IP) makes his AA debut, as Biloxi aims to grab a 3-2 series lead at Montgomery. CF Lamar Sparks has an .853 OPS over his last 209 PAs.

 

[Ro Mueller]

34th overall pick 1B Blake Burke from the University of Tennessee makes his Brewers’ organizational debut and RHP Alexander Cornielle aims to bounce back from 2 rough outings last week. Wisconsin trails its series at Quad Cities 3 games to 1. 

[Ro Mueller]

AAA Nashville is tied 2-2 in its home series against Indianapolis, with 22-year old RHP Carlos F. Rodriguez (5.09 ERA in 88.1 IP) on the hill tonight. C Francisco Mejia has a 14-game on-base streak.

[biedergb]

Quite a night. I’ll miss it tonight. Can’t wait to read up on it tomorrow.

[Ro Mueller]

7 of the first 8 Nationals’ batters reached against Josh Timmerman and Jesus Flores in the 4th inning: 1 outfield hit, 1 infield hit, 4 walks, 1 HBP. That gave Fredericksburg a 4-1 lead over Carolina in their first game of the day, which ended up as the final score.

Arter being no-hit on Friday, the Mudcats managed 3 hits in 7 innings in this one. 1B Reece Walling was the bright spot: 2-for-2, double, walk, RBI.

Walling walked and C David Garcia singled with 1 out in the final inning, but Miguel Briceno K’d and Yophery Rodriguez grounded out to end it.

[Ro Mueller]

19-year old RHP Bryan Rivera from Nicaragua makes his first start (2nd appearance) for Low-A Carolina in Game 2 of today’s doubleheader at Fredericksburg. SS Daniel Guilarte, C Blayberg Diaz and LF Reidy Mercado enter for Di Turi, D. Garcia and Bitonti.  

[CheeseheadInQC]

Rattlers never seem to play well when I am in attendance.

[Ro Mueller]

1B Blake Burke has seen 3 pitches through 2 PAs (pop out, ground out), as Wisconsin has been no-hit through 4 innings. He also had an error on the first ball hit to him.

They trail 4-0, with Alexander Cornielle yielding a homer, 2 triples and 2 singles (but no walks or HBP vs. 4 Ks). Into the 5th inning…

[Ro Mueller]

KC Hunt retired 10 of the first 11 batters faced, 6 via strikeout, though he allowed a first-pitch homer to dangerous Heribato Hernandez (.939 OPS) with 1 out in the 2nd frame.

Biloxi has 2 singles and 2 walks thru 4 innings, but trails 1-0.

[Ro Mueller]

LF Isaac Collins homered on the first pitch to lead off Nashville’s bottom of the 1st inning. CF Rodriguez worked around a leadoff double in the 2nd, then a leadoff walk and 2-out double in the 3rd.

Nashville leads 1-0 thru 3 innings.

 

[wiguy94]

Cornielle was having such a good season and 3 terrible starts in a row and now his ERA is 4.7

[Ro Mueller]

I don’t really know who Alexander Cornielle and @CheeseheadInQC offended, as Cornielle is forced to throw 90+ pitches despite conceding his 2nd homer, trailing 6-0 amidst a very rough 3-game stretch for him.

[wiguy94]

There have been some real offensive duds in the farm system this week. Bitonti and the Mudcats used up all the system's offense with those 24 runs combined on Tuesday and Wednesday